When Pakistan's most populated province approved a law this year that gives women protection - and a potential escape - from abusive husbands, the country's powerful Council of Islamic Ideology strongly opposed the move.
The council, also known as the CII and made up of Islamic clerics and scholars who advise Pakistani legislators, said it was "un-Islamic" for women to leave an abusive relationship and seek refuge in a shelter.
Before the bill is expanded from Punjab to other areas of...
Pakistani Husbands Can 'Lightly Beat' Their Wives, Islamic Council Says
The council, also known as the CII and made up of Islamic clerics and scholars who advise Pakistani legislators, said it was "un-Islamic" for women to leave an abusive relationship and seek refuge in a shelter.
Before the bill is expanded from Punjab to other areas of...
Pakistani Husbands Can 'Lightly Beat' Their Wives, Islamic Council Says